trencher

Example Sentences

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More soup gets served, Sister’s Stew, “in a trencher hollowed out of a stale loaf.”

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2017

In this opener, we're treated to a look at traditional British loaves, from the humble white bloomer to the relatively lavish lamb-leg trencher.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013

The meals alone involved prodigious waste: one massive, carved, 14-foot-long wooden trencher held 120 gallons of fish stew.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ser Addam's outriders say the Stark host has moved south from the Twins," his father reported as his trencher was filled with slices of pork.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

She learned her mistake when the lumpy indigestible mass was ladled onto her wooden trencher.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare